Summary of changes from v2.6.11.3 to v2.6.11.4
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[PATCH] CAN-2005-0384: Remote Linux DoS on ppp servers
Martin Schulze writes:
> Ben Martel and Stephen Blackheath have discovered a denial-of-service attack
> that a client of pppd can make that can hang the server machine. The bug is
> in the Linux kernel 2.6 (tested on 2.6.9), but it looks like it also exists
> in the 2.4 series.
Yes, this is my bug. :(
I would just do this instead:
Signed-off-by: Chris Wright
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman
[PATCH] use strncpy in get_task_comm
From: Prasanna Meda
Set_task_comm uses strlcpy, so get_task_comm must use strncpy.
Signed-Off-by: Prasanna Meda
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton
Signed-off-by: Chris Wright
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Linux 2.6.11.4